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imran22 wrote:Hi All,
I just wanted to find out that how home office checks for 180 days requirement in 5 years. Do we have to provide any proof? I have looked in to my passport for entry and exit stamps but I am not sure if they are the exact dates. I don’t have old airline tickets either.
Can anyone tell me how these requirements are checked and if we have to give any proof? Thanks a lot
imran22 wrote:Thanks for your reply
Ok so the dates on my passport are fine. The only reason i asked the question was because homeoffice have entry data from landing card but they dont have exit data. They dont put exit stamps if somebody is leaving the country.
The only way they can find out is the passport entry stamps from my country but some of them are not clear enough so i was wondering that we might have to give some other evidence to show when we left the country.
For ILR, don't think so. For naturalisation, there is a limit of 450 days absence in 5 years, so one needs to be careful not to exceed that!.letmec2006 wrote:is there any time limit for dependant like 180 days.
Yes, unless you can prove that delivery in UK was impossible . Again, might not affect ILR (if 180 day absence is not applicable to dependents). But can affect naturalisation.letmec2006 wrote:Does going home for maternity be classified as being out of country and will it affect ILR.
how? why?sushdmehta wrote:Again, might not affect ILR (if 180 day absence is not applicable to dependents). But will affect naturalisation.
As per my understanding, the following requirements are to be met by everyone (including those with ILR who were dependents before).kamalin10 wrote:how? why?sushdmehta wrote:Again, might not affect ILR (if 180 day absence is not applicable to dependents). But will affect naturalisation.
you get your ILR
+ 12 month (allowed 90 days max away from the UK)
on 12 months +1 day you can apply.
So if >180 days absence takes one above the 450 day limit, it does affect![url=http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/naturalisation/standardrequirements/] wrote:Residential requirements[/url]
To demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation you need to:
â– have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least five years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and
â– have been present in the United Kingdom five years before the date of your application; and
â– have not spent more than 450 days outside the United Kingdom during the five year period; and
â– have not spend more than 90 days outside the United Kingdom in the last 12 months of the five-year period; and
â– have not been in breach of the immigration rules at any stage during the five-year period.
I hope the edited response above takes care!kamalin10 wrote:sushdmehta
do not confuse people.
180 days have nothing to do with naturalization process.
it is 450 days including 90 days in last year.
I am not certain, but I doubt that the dependents are required to follow the same time restrictions regarding absences, as far as ILR is concerned.imran22 wrote:Thanks everyone for the response.
FOR ILR
One last confusion which still exists after reading all the messages is, does 180 days and 90 days in one stretch limit applies to dependants for example my wife and my 2 year old son.
I sent them away for 6 months so that my son can live with his grand parents before going to school.
I will really appreciate if someone can clear this confusion
I requested my SAR file and it didn't have a list of absences, just copies of my previous HSMP application and one or two landing cards. Has anyone actually requested SAR and received a list of absences?diago_nelson wrote:HO has database of all entry/exits recorded from the landing card you fill when you land. You can request get this information from HO by a SAR request.
So if exit checks are not carried out, and you travel to a country which doesn't stamp your passport on entry/exit (e.g. a citizen), does the case worker have any way of independently verifying the date that you left the UK?sushdmehta wrote:"Entry / Exits records" and "list of absences" mean two different things.
Also, UK landing card does not ask for / record "exit date" but has only an entry date / entry date stamped by the IO.
Since UKBA does not carry immigration checks on exit or stamp exit dates on passports, the exit dates from UK can only be ascertained by arrival stamp endorsed on the passport at the arrival airport in the destination country or from your personal record / memory of the trip.
hope this helps.
regards